Teaching and Learning the European Union Traditional and Innovative Methods /

This volume examines the EU’s changing educational context and its challenges. Based on an extensive survey of more than 2000 European Studies courses in 30 European countries, it maps and analyses the features of teaching methodologies as they emerge from both disciplinary as well as interdisciplin...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Baroncelli, Stefania (Editor), Farneti, Roberto (Editor), Horga, Ioan (Editor), Vanhoonacker, Sophie (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Innovation and Change in Professional Education ; 9
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction - Teaching European Studies: Educational Challenges
  • PART I – EUROPEAN STUDIES: CONTEXTS AND CHALLENGES
  • 2. Shaping the New Professional for the New Professions; W.H. Gijselaers, A. Dailey-Hebert and A.C. Niculescu
  • 3. Working at the EU Institutions: New Human Resources Selection Strategy; N.D. Bearfield
  • 4. Educating for EU Citizenship and Civic Engagement through Active Learning; G. J. van Dyke
  • 5. Multilingual Universities: Policies and Practices; R. Franceschini and D. Veronesi
  • 6. Thinking Europe: A Canadian Academic Immersion inside the European Institutions - EU Study Tour and Internship Program; E. Lavalle and A. Berlin
  • PART II – MAPPING INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
  • 7. Mapping Innovative Teaching Methods and Tools in European Studies: Results from a Comprehensive Study; S. Baroncelli, F. Fonti and G. Stevancevic
  • 8. Innovativeness in Teaching European Studies: an Empirical Investigation; F. Fonti and G. Stevancevic
  • 9. Linguistic Pluralism in European Studies; S. Baroncelli
  • PART III – INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND EARNING IN EUROPEAN STUDIES
  • 10. Assessing EU Simulations: Evidence from the Transatlantic EuroSim; R. Jones and P. Bursens
  • 11. Distance Learning as an Alternative Method of Teaching European Studies; N. Timus
  • 12. Problem Based Learning in European Studies; H. Maurer and C. Neuhold
  • 13. Finding the Right Mix? Teaching European Studies through Blended Learning; A. Mihai
  • 14. The Network is the Message: Social Networks as Teaching Tools; R. Farneti, I. Bianchi, T. Mayrgündter and J. Niederhauser
  • Biographies
  • Index.   .